This year marks the 40th anniversary of the iconic Cold War thriller "Red Dawn,"

[NorthernHawkeye]

Director of Cold War film ‘Red Dawn’ said movie’s success taught him lesson about liberal Hollywood​

Amanda Milius talked to Fox News Digital about the 40th anniversary of her dad's movie: 'I don't think Hollywood liked that too much'​

Asked to define why the film struck a chord and has resonated for more than a generation, the younger Milius referenced a line from the movie where Swayze’s character sums up why the young people are fighting so desperately to defend America against steep odds. "Because we live here," he simply explains.

"That [scene] means, ‘We have to do this. We have to take care of the country… This is our responsibility,'" she said. "It's like this very American idea of, I'm going to go and I just know in my bones that if somebody were to invade my land, I would go and protect it in whatever way I could with my high school friends in a truck."
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John Milius is a former board member of the National Rifle Association (NRA) and "Red Dawn" featured a scene where the Soviets use gun registration lists to confiscate weapons. The younger Milius said of her dad and that scene: "I think ‘Red Dawn’ is the movie where he got to do the most of what he wanted without interference, because there's so many things that he gets away with in that movie that you could never do today. I mean, just never."

She called the gun confiscation moment her dad’s warning to "watch out for government overreach" and added, "I think most people love that scene. I love it. I think it was, you know, pretty on point."


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Director of Cold War film ‘Red Dawn’ said movie’s success taught him lesson about liberal Hollywood

Reflecting on the 40th anniversary of her father John Milius's Cold War thriller "Red Dawn," Amanda Milius said Hollywood resented the movie's patriotic tone.

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[seminoleed]

Never saw this movie. But I will now.

 

[tarheelbybirth]

WOLVERINES!

 

[HawkeyeShawn]

Best guess I’ve seen that movie over 30 times. Back in the days with limited cable channels, it was on all the time.

 

[tarheelbybirth]

Quotable movie. F*** the remake.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Never saw this movie. But I will now.

This is surprising! I’d have thought anyone over 40-45 would’ve seen it at least once or twice.

 

[lucas80]

Director of Cold War film ‘Red Dawn’ said movie’s success taught him lesson about liberal Hollywood​

Amanda Milius talked to Fox News Digital about the 40th anniversary of her dad's movie: 'I don't think Hollywood liked that too much'​

Asked to define why the film struck a chord and has resonated for more than a generation, the younger Milius referenced a line from the movie where Swayze’s character sums up why the young people are fighting so desperately to defend America against steep odds. "Because we live here," he simply explains.

"That [scene] means, ‘We have to do this. We have to take care of the country… This is our responsibility,'" she said. "It's like this very American idea of, I'm going to go and I just know in my bones that if somebody were to invade my land, I would go and protect it in whatever way I could with my high school friends in a truck."
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John Milius is a former board member of the National Rifle Association (NRA) and "Red Dawn" featured a scene where the Soviets use gun registration lists to confiscate weapons. The younger Milius said of her dad and that scene: "I think ‘Red Dawn’ is the movie where he got to do the most of what he wanted without interference, because there's so many things that he gets away with in that movie that you could never do today. I mean, just never."

She called the gun confiscation moment her dad’s warning to "watch out for government overreach" and added, "I think most people love that scene. I love it. I think it was, you know, pretty on point."


Full article:

Director of Cold War film ‘Red Dawn’ said movie’s success taught him lesson about liberal Hollywood

Reflecting on the 40th anniversary of her father John Milius's Cold War thriller "Red Dawn," Amanda Milius said Hollywood resented the movie's patriotic tone.

www.foxnews.com

JFC, I actually thought you might have started an interesting thread where people could comment on a movie most of us have seen, and had an absolutely star studded late 80s cast. But, no, you went victim. I take it Amanda is a nepo baby using her dad's work to gain relevance?

 

[lucas80]

Best guess I’ve seen that movie over 30 times. Back in the days with limited cable channels, it was on all the time.

TBS played it non stop it seems like.

 

[lucas80]

Young Lucas wanted to repopulate America with Lea Thompson and Jennifer Grey.
Powers Booth added that gravitas those young, rugged warriors needed. Forget the plot line about how the Russkies and Cubans would seize every mountain pass in the Rockies with paratroopers on flights disguised as commercial airline flights. Forget how they got their BMPs and supplies in. Forget how the one thing you cannot do is get the guns from American's hands. That was a helluva 1980s movie.

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

JFC, I actually thought you might have started an interesting thread where people could comment on a movie most of us have seen, and had an absolutely star late 80s cast. But, no, you went victim. I take it Amanda is a nepo baby using her dad's work to gain relevance?

Do you bitch about everything?

 

[seminoleed]

This is surprising! I’d have thought anyone over 40-45 would’ve seen it at least once or twice.

Man, I went through a few decades where work and kids took up so much time, I missed a slew of great movies.

For example, I'm the only living American who's never seen Forrest Gump.

 

[soonerinlOUisiana]

1984 was an election year. I remember vividly that Mondale supporters hated this movie and pounced on every opportunity to ridicule it.

 

[soonerinlOUisiana]

This scene was the only time I ever heard the audience clap and cheer in a movie theater.

 

[TheCainer]

Young Lucas wanted to repopulate America with Lea Thompson and Jennifer Grey.
Powers Booth added that gravitas those young, rugged warriors needed. Forget the plot line about how the Russkies and Cubans would seize every mountain pass in the Rockies with paratroopers on flights disguised as commercial airline flights. Forget how they got their BMPs and supplies in. Forget how the one thing you cannot do is get the guns from American's hands. That was a helluva 1980s movie.

It wasn't one of Hollywood's best scripts, but it fed a lot of RW enthusiasts wildest dreams. Got to remember also it came out in the Reagan years when he told Gorbachev to tear down that wall.

Amerika! lol

 

[RicoSuave102954]

Young Lucas wanted to repopulate America with Lea Thompson and Jennifer Grey.
Powers Booth added that gravitas those young, rugged warriors needed. Forget the plot line about how the Russkies and Cubans would seize every mountain pass in the Rockies with paratroopers on flights disguised as commercial airline flights. Forget how they got their BMPs and supplies in. Forget how the one thing you cannot do is get the guns from American's hands. That was a helluva 1980s movie.

Obsess much?

 

[ConvenientParking]

I thank Tiger Blood every night that I'm not speaking Cuban right now

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

Do you bitch about everything?

He’s aggrieved 😂

 

[funksouljon]

Young Lucas wanted to repopulate America with Lea Thompson and Jennifer Grey.
......... That was a helluva 1980s movie.

Who didn't!?

I really liked it, definitely a great cult flick. Even with it's cinematic short comings. Adding it to the list my littles should see.

 

[onlyTheObvious]

Great guilty pleasure. Never saw remake.

 

[goldmom]

Best guess I’ve seen that movie over 30 times. Back in the days with limited cable channels, it was on all the time.

My kids know the lines in that movie by heart. We had it taped and it must have worn grooves in our VCR.
WOLVERINES!!!!

 

[lucas80]

Do you bitch about everything?

This is why people laugh at you. You could have been normal for once. Thread title about an iconic 1980s movie a bunch of posters relate to and enjoyed. The link is about the unsuccessful daughter of the director who is trolling for money from the rubes.
Start normal threads if you want to be taken seriously and not just post about things through your prism of victimhood. Are you going to ruin the Breakfast Club for us next by saying the producers daughter views Paul Gleason’s iconic line of, “Don’t mess with the bull young man”… line as an allegory about trans volleyball players?
You just aren’t clever enough to be good at this. I hate punching down on you.

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

This is why people laugh at you. You could have been normal for once. Thread title about an iconic 1980s movie a bunch of posters relate to and enjoyed. The link is about the unsuccessful daughter of the director who is trolling for money from the rubes.
Start normal threads if you want to be taken seriously and not just post about things through your prism of victimhood. Are you going to ruin the Breakfast Club for us next by saying the producers daughter views Paul Gleason’s iconic line of, “Don’t mess with the bull young man”… line as an allegory about trans volleyball players?
You just aren’t clever enough to be good at this. I hate punching down on you.

You poor thing...

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

The chair is against the wall.
John has a long mustache.

 

[DooBi]

I was 7 when this came out. We played this all the time in our neighborhood. If we weren't playing V we were playing this. Wolverines was a battle cry heard by the neighbors a lot! Lol

Great movie.

 

[Menace Sockeyes]

Cheesiest schidt of all-time. Plays well with morons.

 

[FlickShagwell]

Is OP aware that the Russians were the bad guys in Red Dawn?

 

[soonerinlOUisiana]

Is OP aware that the Russians Socialist Republics were the bad guys in Red Dawn?

FIFY.

 

[soonerinlOUisiana]

Safe bet that Daryl’s family were democrooks.

 

[goldmom]

This is why people laugh at you. You could have been normal for once. Thread title about an iconic 1980s movie a bunch of posters relate to and enjoyed. The link is about the unsuccessful daughter of the director who is trolling for money from the rubes.
Start normal threads if you want to be taken seriously and not just post about things through your prism of victimhood. Are you going to ruin the Breakfast Club for us next by saying the producers daughter views Paul Gleason’s iconic line of, “Don’t mess with the bull young man”… line as an allegory about trans volleyball players?
You just aren’t clever enough to be good at this. I hate punching down on you.

Be honest…you don’t hate it at all and I think this is a great post regardless of your politics.
I’m giving it a solid 9.5 👍

 

[win4jj]

I will always remember that when the movie first came out my older brother went to it at a theater. The next day he was describing how awesome it was. Russians invaded, a group of teenagers fought back, Went Into the mountains etc, etc. Well in my middle school brain, I envisioned kids literally going into a mountain. Like in caves, or drilling holes or something. So when I finally saw the movie I was a little disappointed in that aspect. Still an awesome movie to grow up with in the 80’s. Csb.

 

[seminole97]

This scene was the only time I ever heard the audience clap and cheer in a movie theater.

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For me that was when Keanu Reeves character in Devil's Advocate said, "I'm not going back to Gainesville, ma!"

This was November 1997, btw.

 

[50kWidowmaker]

This is why people laugh at you. You could have been normal for once. Thread title about an iconic 1980s movie a bunch of posters relate to and enjoyed. The link is about the unsuccessful daughter of the director who is trolling for money from the rubes.
Start normal threads if you want to be taken seriously and not just post about things through your prism of victimhood. Are you going to ruin the Breakfast Club for us next by saying the producers daughter views Paul Gleason’s iconic line of, “Don’t mess with the bull young man”… line as an allegory about trans volleyball players?
You just aren’t clever enough to be good at this. I hate punching down on you.

You really do sound like a little bitch right now.

 

[HawkMachine]

First PG-13 movie I ever saw.

Went with a couple older friends that “snuck” me in.

I remember being nervous because I was only 8.

 

[lucas80]

You really do sound like a little bitch right now.

To continue on with the movie theme, you seem like you’d be a Daryl, or his old man the mayor, type.

 

[lucas80]

For fun I was reading some old reviews, and one said that John Milius was the inspiration for Walter Sobchak in The Big Lebowski.